[ He’s at least seen Lauri around, given her forge is on the path he takes to get to the workshop… And there was a time where he got used to having a 6’11” giant of a man around, so he’s not as startled as he could be as she entered.

Waver is surrounded by far more cats than he had counted before at the start of their conversation… And, covered in cat hair, is currently trying to pick one up that was content to go dead wait in his grasp to make picking it up more difficult.]

Oh, would you please work with me, you furry little imp! [ he catches sight of the woman a second later. ] Ah, you found your way here then. Did you um… Find everything?

[ It goes unspoken, but his exhausted expression practically screams ‘Help me.’ ]